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 Brownfields 2004

  Grant  Fact Sheet

          Two Rivers-

        Ottauquechee

Regional Commission,

      Central Vermont


EPA Brownfields Program

EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders in economic development
to work together to prevent, assess, safely clean up,
and sustainably reuse brownfields. Abrownfield site is
real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse
of which may be complicated by the  presence or
potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant,
or contaminant. On January 11, 2002, the President
signed into law the Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act. Under the Brownfields
Law, EPA provides financial assistance to eligible
applicants through four competitive grant programs:
assessment grants, revolving loan fund grants, cleanup
grants, and job training grants. Additionally, funding
support is provided to state and tribal response pro-
grams through a separate mechanism.

Community Description

The Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission
was selected to receive a brownfields assessment
grant. The region covers 28 towns (combined popula-
tion of 49,017) in Windsor, Orange, Rutland, and
Addison Counties in east-central Vermont. Most of the
towns in the  region are small, and their brownfields
properties tend to be located in downtown districts.
While each town is different, the region has been losing
manufacturing jobs without replacing them with
comparable work. Poverty rates in 11 towns exceed
                     Assessment Grant
                     $200,000 for petroleum

                     EPA has selected the Two Rivers-Ottauquechee
                     Regional Commission for a brownfields assess-
                     ment grant. Grant funds will be used to identify
                     and select sites on which to perform six to eight
                     Phase I, four to seven Phase II, and one or two
                     Phase III site assessment, and to support ongoing
                     public outreach.
                     Contacts
                     For further information, including specific grant
                     contacts, additional grant information, brownfields
                     news and events, and publications and links, visit
                     the EPA Brownfields web site at: www.epa.gov/
                     brownfields.

                     EPA Region 1 Brownfields Team
                     617-918-1221
                     http://www.epa.gov/region01/brownfields/

                     Grant Recipient: Two Rivers-Ottauquechee
                     Regional Commission, VT
                     802-457-3188 ext. 24

                     The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
                     yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
                     in this fact sheet are subject to change.
                   those for the state as a whole, and unemployment rates
                   for some towns have been as high as 11 percent.
                   Redevelopment of vacant and underused buildings in
                   these depressed downtown areas will aid in their
                   economic recovery.
                                              Solid Waste and
                                              Emergency Response
                                              (5105T)
                                          EPA 560-F-04-239
                                          June 2004
                                          www.epa.gov/brownfields

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